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How to SEO pdf files

If your task is to SEO a pdf file, you must ensure, that your pdf file will be text sourced and not image-
sourced. You achieve it if you create your pdf file with a text editor like Libre Office Open Office or the
like, and not with an image editor like !hotoshop.
"he #$O plan for pdf files looks like%
&. 'reate a (")L file with the content you want finally present as pdf file. *se on it all On!age #$O
techni+ues you know. $specially make use of (&-h,, keyword dropping, internal linking with
correct chosen anchors. I recommend to add the header meta-data while you edit your (")L
version of the document. 'ause while editing of (")L file with a text editor, your document gets
from text editor its own unnecessary (")L'## formats. If you want, that your header meta-
data will be visible in -crobat .eader, after you generate the pdf file, write your meta-data in
uppercase, like META NAME="" CONTENT="" It isn/t important which case you take for meta-data
values, only meta-data in them own must be in uppercase.
0. -fter your content is ready as (")L file, open this file in text editor like Libre Office.
1. If you added meta-data to your document as you edited it as (")L, go directly to the article ,. If
your (")L file misses the header meta-data, add some meta-data to your document in the
2!roperties2 dialog of Libre Office. "his dialog has limited functionality and allows only adding of
meta-data in the form meta name="" content="".
3. In the 2!roperties2 you get a tabbed window, the second tab of it contains default fields to fill%
title 4adds meta title5
sub6ect 4adds meta classification - never heard about such meta tag5
keywords 4adds meta keywords5
description 4adds meta description5
In the third tab are located the user-defined description fields, which will be added to the (")L
header like meta name="" content="". !ossible values are%
text
datetime
date
duration
time
yesno
NOTE! 7o link rel="" href=""8
9. -fter saving the document properties, click 2$xport as !:;2 and make use of prompted dialog
window with 9 tabs. "here you have to check some options, before you get a fully SEO-ed pdf
file%
In the first tab <eneral check following options%
$mbed Open-:ocument file
!:;--&a2 4structure and semantic5
"agged !:;2 4accessibility5
$xport bookmarks
In the fourth tab Links check these options%
$xport bookmarks as named destinations
;or 'ross-document links check the Open with Internet browser option
,. !ress 2$xport2 and you are done8
Your pdf file is now best optimi=ed for finding in search engines8 $n6oy SEO for pdf!

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